It's about one-two-thousand-five-hundredth as long as The Distance from Earth to the Moon.

In other words, 85 nautical miles is 0.0004094825 times the length of The Distance from Earth to the Moon, and the length of The Distance from Earth to the Moon is 2,442.107 times that amount.

(a.k.a. Luna) (median of semi-major axis, or apigee, and semi-minor axes, or perigee)
The orbit of the Moon around the Earth is elliptical, with an average distance of 207,579.1 nautical miles from center-to-center. About 428.376 kg of moon rock have been cataloged on the Earth, from the American Apollo and Soviet Luna Programs, and from samples that have been extracted from meteorites.

It's about one-fifty-fifth as long as The Great Wall of China (total).

In other words, the length of The Great Wall of China (total) is 56.2 times 85 nautical miles.

(长城, 長城, Chángchéng, a.k.a. 万里长城, 萬里長城, Wànlǐ Chángchéng) (a.k.a. "The long wall of 10,000 Li") (from Shanhaiguan through Lop Nur, China) (total length, all branches)The Great Wall of China, including all branches and trenches, is 4,780 nautical miles. Built and maintained in multiple sections over about eleven centuries, the Great Wall is currently suffering the effects of erosion, especially in the older sections made primarily out of mud.

In other words, 85 nautical miles is 0.02446 times the length of The Amazon River, and the length of The Amazon River is 40.88 times that amount.

(from Nevado Mismi, Arequipa, Peru through near Marajó, Brazil) (approximate distance)The Amazon River has an approximate distance of 3,476 nautical miles. Although by most measures it is the largest and one of the most significant rivers in the world, the region surrounding the Amazon is mostly sparsely populated and the river itself has no bridges across it at any point.

It's about one-fortieth as long as The Great Wall of China (wall only).

In other words, 85 nautical miles is 0.02515 times the length of The Great Wall of China (wall only), and the length of The Great Wall of China (wall only) is 39.76 times that amount.

(长城, 長城, Chángchéng, a.k.a. 万里长城, 萬里長城, Wànlǐ Chángchéng) (a.k.a. "The long wall of 10,000 Li") (from Shanhaiguan through Lop Nur, China) (wall segments only)The Great Wall of China has total wall segment length of 3.38 nautical miles. Built and maintained in multiple sections over about eleven centuries, the Great Wall is currently suffering the effects of erosion, especially in the older sections made primarily out of mud.

In other words, 85 nautical miles is 0.0339411 times the length of I-80, and the length of I-80 is 29.4628 times that amount.

(a.k.a. Interstate 80, a.k.a. Keystone Shortway) (net length)
Interstate 80, crosses the continent of North America from Teaneck, New Jersey to San Francisco, California and covers a total length of 2,504.34 nautical miles. A 32.3974 nautical miles stretch between mile marker 318 in Grand Island, Nebraska and mile marker 390 in Lincoln, Nebraska is the longest straight path in the US Interstate system.

In other words, the length of The Mississippi River is 23.92 times 85 nautical miles.

(from Lake Itasca, Minnesota through Pilottown, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana)The total length of the Mississippi River is 2,033 nautical miles. Prior to the development of soil erosion programs, the Mississippi River would carry approximately 400 million metric tons of sediment from its banks to the Gulf of Mexico every year.